The Wasp — 1891 — page 512: what you’re looking at

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This is an "In Memoriam" illustration depicting a military officer in dress uniform weeping before an angel. The caption quotes poetry about peace and sacrifice: "To you, brave men, peace makes appeal... Of untold scar, who saw the steel / Of murder's blade, the noblest, bravest!" The image appears to commemorate a deceased military figure or fallen soldier. The angel symbolizes heavenly peace or the departed's soul. The signed artist (Sarburg) uses allegorical imagery common to 19th-century memorial art. Without additional context from the magazine's text or knowing specific 1891 events, I cannot definitively identify which officer or battle is being memorialized. The piece reflects contemporary valorization of military sacrifice during an era when such tributes appeared regularly.